Shocker attachment for grain harvesters and binders.



E'. A. WHITE. SHOCKER ATTAUHMENT FOR GRAIN HARVESTERS AND BINDERS.

' APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 30, 1909.

944,160. Patented Dec.21,1909.

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SHOOKER ATTAGHMEN T FOR GRAIN HARVBSTBRS AND BINDERS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1909.

944, 1 60. Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1909.

Patented Dec.21,1909.

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SHOCKER ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN HARVESTERS AND BINDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Application filed March 30, 1909. Serial No. 486,676.

To all whom itma'y'concem:

. Be'it known that I, EUGENE A. WHITE, a citizen of the United. States, residing at ()conomowoc, in the county 'of .WVaukesh-a and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shocker Attachments for Grain Harvesters and Binders, of which the following is a' specification.

This invention relates to a shocker attachment for grain harvesters and binders, the object of the invention being to provide a sim 1e, efficient and reliable shocker which is .app icable to existing types of grain harvesters and binders, and is adapted to successively receive bundles of bound grain from the harvester and dump and stand a pluralityof such bundles in. the form of a shock in the field.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shocker which'will operate with.- out liabilitof injur to .the bundles, and which will be under t e thorough control of the operator.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the shocker as applied to the delivery side ofa harvester ,and binder, a portion of the latter being illustrated. Fig. 2 -is a top plan View of the shocker with the parts thereof in normal or receiving position. of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the earing for tilting the parts of the shocker from normal to dumping position and vice Fi 5 is a detail view of one of the divices. Fig. 6 .is a detail view of the bun le retaining arm. Figs. 7 8 and 9 are views of the reverse side of the shocker from that shownin Fig. 3, showing, respectively, the shock formed and ready to be deversa.

posited, the cradle opened and the tilting frame turned to bring the shock into position for deposit, and the shock released and deposited. Fig. 10 is a section on an enlarged scale on line 10-10 of Fig. 1,

showing features of construction of the gripping mechanism and the'movement. of the rear gripping device'in full and dotted lines. Fig. 11 is a detail view of the mechanism for closing the gripping devices.v Fig. 12 is a detail view of the guard arm.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates Fig. 3 is a side elevation portions of the main frame of a harvester and binder having a side delivery, 2 the main shaft or axle thereof, 3 the ground wheel mounted on the adjacent end of the axle, 4: the receiving chute or platform for the rain, upon which the latter rests while it is eing bundled and tied, and 5 the delivery apron which conveys thegrain to said platform, from which it is fed forward against a movable trip arm 6 by packing dev1ces,'not shown.

The trip arm or detent 6 moves outwardly to release the bundle under a predetermined pressure, from the platform. In Fig. 1 I have shown above the outer end of the platform one of the rotary ejector arms 7 of the binding mechanism and the coacting bundle retaining device 8. These elements are shown as pivotally mounted for rearward and lateral movements respectively to adapt them to yield when the parts of the shocking mechanism come in contact therewith, so, as to prevent injury thereto in the deposit of the shock and the return of the parts of the shocker to normal position. The arm 7 is yieldingly retained in normal position by a spring 7', while the arm 8 is yieldingly retained in, normal position by a spring 8. In accordance with my invention, the lower end of the platform t instead of being in- ,clined is elevated to a horizontal position, as

shown at 4/ in Fig. 1, providing for the proper relative arrangement of the shocking device at a suitable elevation above the surface of the ground.

The shocker is arranged at the side of the frame beyond the wheel 3 and in line with the outer end of the platform/1, and comprises parallel sidebars 9 and 10, the former being fixed to the main frame in any suitable manner and the latter connected with the main frame by arched braces 11 which 'are reinforced byuprights' 12 secured to the main frame and arranged at the front and rear of the platform portion 4'. The bars 9 and 10 are provided with bearings 13 for the reception of laterally bent journals upon the forward free ends of a bail shaped tilting frame 14, between the side arms of which extends a cross bar or plate 15 having sleeves 16 at its ends slidably engaging the side arms of said tilting frame and adapted to be adjustablysecuredthereto by set screws 17. To the center of this cross bar or plate'15- is secured an upright '18. for a purto allow the same to discharge adjustable upon the pose hereinafter described, which upright is tilting bail frame 14 through the medium of the adjustable connections of the plate 15. ,The side bars 9 and 10 are also formed with laterally extending bearings 19 and 20 for two oppositely arranged series of supporting fingers 21 and 22, which are arranged in staggered relation, and are adapted, when in operative position, to. form a sectional grating or cradle below and between the bars 9 and 10 to receive and hold the bundles of grain which are to be formed into the shock, which bundles are supported and held against rearward displacement by the tilting bail 14, as clearly shown in Fig, 7. The fingers 21 and 22 are downwardly and inwardly curved and are movable from their normal transverse position shown in Fig. 3 outwardly and rearwardly to positions below and substantially in the vertical planes of the bars 9 and 10 to release the shock, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. Each finger is journaled at its upper end in the associated bearing 19 or 20 and is provided-with an outwardly extending crank arm 23, the crank arms of all the fingers 21 being connected by a horizontal link bar 24, while the crank arms of all the fingers 22 are similarly-connected by a link bar 25. When these link bars are projected forwardly to the limit of their movement, the cranks will be disposed to hold the sets of fingers in normal supporting position, while upon the rearward movement of said link bars, as indicated in dotted lines Y in Fig. 2, and in full lines in Figs. 8'and 9, the fingers will be swung'outwardly and rearwa-rdly to release the shock.

The mechanism for operating the fingers comprises a mutilated gear wheel 26 loosely mounted upon a shorthaft o'r'axle 27 supported on the main frame and having its periphery formed with opposite segmental sets of teeth 28 and-29 separated b blank portions 30 and 31. This gear whee carries at one side a crank or wrist pin 32, to which is connected one end of a pitman or connecting rod 33, which is connected at its opposite end with a crank arm 34 formed by the extension from the journal of the "inner arm of the bail frame 14, and said crank arm 34 is in turn connected with the link bar 24 by a link 35, lever 36 and a link 37, one of which last named members is provided with a sto ,member 38 to enga e the other, whereby t emovement of said ever in projecting the link bar is limited. By this arrangement of connections provision is made for simultaneously swinging the fingers 21 outwardl and the bail frame upwardly to a vertica position when the gear 26makes a one-half revolution from its normal position in its direction of rotation, and for reversing and returning the parts to normal position uponjthe second half revolution of eeamo .40 with a lever 41 and a link 42, said link 42 being connected with the link bar 25. As shown, the levers 36 and 41 are pivotally mounted upon depending portions of the frame bars 9 and 10, and the lever 41 is provided with-a stop member 43 to engage the link 42 when said levers are fully straightened out, to serve, like the stop member 38 previously described, to limit the motion of the parts'in projecting the supporting fingers. Hence when the gear 26 is actuated to either project or retract the fingers 21, the fingers 22 will be simultaneously projected and retracted through the swinging motion 14, which will be moved of the bail frame with the fingers 21 and communicate motion to the fingers 22. The gear 26 is adapted to be operated by a pinion 44 mounted on a shaft 45 journaled on the main frame of the machine and carrying a sprocket wheel 46 connected by a chain 47 with a sprocket gear 48 on the main shaft or axle 2, by which, when the harvester is in motion, the pinion will be continuously driven. The pinion is normally arranged opposite the blank space 30 of the gear .26, and hence does not impart motion thereto, so that the fingers and ail frame of the shocking device will remain stationary to receive and support the bundles of grain until a shock is formed and the gear 26 set into action. The means for adjusting the gear 26 to throw it into actlon comprises a clutch wheel] or disk 49 fixed to the inner side of said ear and loosely mounted on the shaft 27, w ich disk is provided at one side with a recess form ing a shoulder 50 and adjacent thereto with a notch 51, and at its diametrically opposite side with a similar shoulder. 50' and notch 51. Loosely adjacent the disk is an arm 52 carryin a pivoted ,dog or pawl 53 having an abutting shoulder 54 and a ta ered toe or projection 55. This dog is adapted to seat within either of said recesses and its shoulder 54 is adapted to engage either shoulder 50 or 50 so that the disk and gear may be shifted. The shiftin action is effected through the instrumenta ity of a lever 56 arranged to be operated by-hand or foot by the driver from his seat 57 dog by a link 58. A springpressed locking pawl 59 is arranged adjacent the gear and provided with .a lug 60 to engage the notches 51 and 51 and with an incllned shoulder 61. Normally the dog 53 seats within the recess forming the shoulder 50 in a tilted osition out of contact with said shoulder but in contact with the shoulder 61 of the mounted on the shaft and connected with the pawl or' movement, while the blank der 50 and simultaneously cause its toe 55 to exert pressure on the shoulder 61 of the pawl 59 and force the latter out of locking position, whereupon the continued moveto embrace the shock and are generally similar in construction except that said upper and lower gripping devices are preferably provided with teeth 68 to firmly engage and hold the shock in position against shifting when'turned to a vertical position. A

i The gripping ment of the link 58 will cause the dog to turn the disk 49 and consequently the gear 26 so as to bring the teeth 28 into mesh with the pinion 44, whereupon the gear 26 will be given a half revolution to swing the supporting fingers and hail frame as described, at'the limit of movement of which the prank pin 32 will be in position to start its return gearwill be situated opposite the pinion 44, thus arresting the motionof the gear, which will be locked in position by engagement of the pawl 59 with the notch 51', in which position of the'parts it will be understood that the dog 53 will be arranged for cooperation with the shoulder 50. Afterthe shock is deposited, the operator by again shifting the lever 56 may shift the gear 26 in an obvious mannerto brin the teeth 29 into engagement with the pinien44, where upon the gear 26 will be turned the remain-v ing half of a complete revolution and will consequently restore the supporting fingers and hail frame to normal positiomat which time the gearing will again assume the normal position shown in Fig. 4. i

- The bundles of grain supplied to the shocker to be formed into a'shock 'aredesigned to be held between a seriesof grippers, comprising an inner gripping device 62. an outer gripping device 63 and u per and lower gripping devices 64 and 65, w 1011 are arranged to engage the sides and top and bottom of the bundlesv and hold the same while they are being manually bound into a shock and to hold the shock while it is being turned from a horizontal to a vertical osition and when the fingers are released to deposit the same upon the ground. The inner gripping device 62 is shown in detail in Fig. 5 and comprises a U-shaped frame arranged in the line of feed of'the bundles in their passage from" the platform portion into thei -cradle. The upper and lower arms oftliis gripping device are provided with pivoted guard fingers 66 and 67 which between said arms to prevent backward movement of the bundles toward the platform. These fingers are pivotally mounted for outward movement to a limited extent to permit the'bundles to pass from the platform 'to the cradle and are respectively held in and returned to normal position by springs 66' and 67. The outer gripping device and upper and lower gripping devices are properly curved space 31 of the ing a terminal crank devices are .pivotally mounted for inward and outward swinging move- 5 ment toward and from a common center,

and each is provided with an arm 69 hav- 70. The respective arms 69 of the several gripping'devices are pivotally connected with the cross bar or plate 15 and upright 18, and the crank 70 of the gripping devices 62, 63 and 64 are connected with each other by links 71, to adapt them to be operated inunison, and said gripping devices are adapted to be returned to normal or retracted position and maintained in such position by springs 7) connecting their cranks with the bar or plate 15. This is the mode of connecting the sideand top gripping devices, which have the same radius of movement. The lower or rear gripping. device 65, however, -must have a greater range swinging movement in order to clear the top of the deposited shock in the forward movement of the harvester, to which end the crank 70 of said'rear gripping device is connectedby a pair of links 7 3 and 7 4 with the links of the other grippingdevices, and is provided with an auxiliary crank 75' which is connected by another pair of links 7 6 and 77 with a bar or rod 7 8 pivotally connected with the side bar 9, the arm 7 5 being mounted upon a rol 79 mounted to turn; with the crank and the link 77 being adjustably connected with the bar 78 by a sliding sleeve 80 adapted to be secured in adjusted position by a set screw 81. The link 74 is provided with a stop 82to engage a lug 83 on the link 73 to limit the pivotal movement of said links,-and the latter are connected by a spring 84 which normally maintains them broken at the joint to allow the gripping device 65 to freely open. This system of links permits said gripping device 65 to have a greater range of mo-' tionthan the other gripping devices, which range of motion is adjustably limited by the links 76 and 77, so that such gripping device may swing open to an increased degree to project above the top of the shock and pass over said shock without liability of injuring or overturning the same. The links of the gripping devices 62. 63 and 64 are connected with a rope or cable link 74 of the gripping device 65, rangement being such that. when this cable is drawn upon the gripping devices will he closed to a greater or less degree to engage and com'press'the bundles and to hold the formed shock securely until it is deposited or radius of 85 which has a branch 86 connected with the the ai'-,, 1

. wind the cable 85 thereon to a greater or for a feed-up vand slide past said grip per by the arms 7 ,"lies'in the path ofti tin upon the ground. The cable extends over suitable guide pulleys 87 to a drum 88 mounted adjacent the drivers seat 57 and upon which said cable is wound. The drum is provided with a ratchet wheel 89 and is loosely mounted therewith on a shaft 90. A lever 91 is pivotally mounted on the shaft and provided with a pawl 92 to engage the teeth of, the ratchet wheel, so that the drum may be intermittently turned forward to less extent and thus project the gripping de- I vices to a greater or less degree according to the amount of rain contained in the bundles of the shoe z. The drum is adapted to be held against rearward movement b a spring actuateddog 93 pivotally mounted on a supporting rod 94 and having a shoulder 95 adapted to be engaged by the heel of the pawl 92 to limit the backward movement of said pawl and permit the-lever 91 to be moved backward only a sufficient distance I keep motion.

As hereinbefore described, the bundle ejector arms 7 and retainin device or arm 8 are respectively-yielding y mounted for rearward and lateral movements. The inner gripper 62 lies in the plane of rotation of said ejector arms and the latter are yieldingly mounted to allow them to swing'back per on coming in contact therewith followin the discharge of: the bundle. The spring of each arm 7 is, however, strong enough to prevent yieldto retain the upper bundles 111g movement of the arm from the resistance of the bundle in the ejecting action. The retaining arm 8, whose function is to guide'the bundle on its discharge through. the gripper 62 and prevent the bundle from being thrown above the plane ofsaid ripmovement of the frame 14 and consequently would prevent said frame from being tilted tca vertical position were it (said arm 8) rigidly mounted. \Vhen the frame is tilted and nears a vertical position it contacts with arm 8 and the latter yields laterally under the pressure of said frame, allowing thel frame to come to a perpendicular position. Then .the frame istilted back to normal position, the spring 8' restores the arm 8 to its normal position in .an obvious manner.

From the foregoin description taken in' connection with the rawings, the construc tion of the machine will be apparent, and it will be understood that upon-the deposit of a sutficient numberof bundles in the cradle to form a shock the gripping devices are projected to en age and hold the same, the controlling mec anism then actuated to retract the supporting'fingers and tilt the. bail to a vertical posit on, by which the shock will be correspondingly turned, and the gripback to normal position, an

of arms ping devices then released to deposit the shock on the ground. As soon as the shock i .is deposited and the shocking device has passed the same, the controlling gearing is operated to return the fingers and hail frame tionf will be appreciated.

the bundles from shaking; out when the shocker is nearly full. This is shown in detail in Fig. 6 and comprises a guard finger or arm 96 curved to'overlie the bundles and pivoted at one'end upona rod 97 having sleeves 98 to enga bail frame 14L an provided with set screws 99 to secure it in position. A spring 100 yieldingly' connects said arm with the-rod to permit the arm to have upward movement as the bundles are inserted, the light pressure of the spring being sufficient only in place. When the shock is turned to a vertical position prior to deposit the" guard arm bears against the lower front portion thereof an pre: vents the shock from tilting over at thetime of deposit.

Having thus fully .described the inven tion, what is claimedas new, 1s:

,1. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle carried by the'frame and comprising outwardly swinging sections a shock turnin device mounted on the frame and provided with a plurality of grippers movable toward and from a common center,

means for simultaneously opening and closing the sections of the cradle and moving said turning device to dum the shock, an

means for controlling said grippers.

2.- A shocker embodying a supporting;-

frame, a cradle carried by the frame an comprising sets of swinging arms, a. tilting frame mounted on the supporting frame for movement from a horizontal tov a vertical position, means for operating one of the sets and, the tiltingframe, means for o erating the other set of arms from the t1 ting frame, grippers carried by-the tilting frame, and

means for controlling said grippers.

3. VA shocker embodying frame, a cradle composed of rearwardly' swingin posed arms carried being provided with cranks, atilting frame mounted on the supporting frame for movea sup ortin outwar 1y an sets of oppositely dis.-

desired, a device may. be, providedto the outerside arm of the y the frame, said arms ment from a horizontal to a vertical-position and also provided with cranks, connections between the respective cranks of the tilting frame and the cranks of the opposite sets of arms, means for imparting motion to one of said connections to swing the arms and tilting frame in unison, grippers carried by the tilting frame, and means for controlling said grippers.

4. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle formed of swinging sets of arms mounted on the supporting frame, a tilting frame carried by the supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position. means for simultaneously swinging the arms and tilting frame, a support adjust ably mounted on the tilting frame, grippers carried by said support, and means .for controlling said grippers.

A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle formed of swinging sets of arms carried by said frame, a tilting frame mounted on the supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, grippers carried by the tilting frame, means for controlling the grippers, and mechanism for simultaneously operating the cradle arms and tilting frame, said mechanism including a mutilated crank gear having oppositely arranged sets of teeth, a drive gear cooperating therewith, means for bolding the gear in its normally inoperative positions, and means for shifting the gear to bring one or the other of its toothed portions into engagement with the driving gear.

(3. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle formed of swinging sets of arms carried by the frame andprovided with cranks, a tiltingframe mounted on, the supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to av .vertical position and also provided with cranks, grippers carried by said tilting frame connections between the cranks of the tilting frame and the cranks of the respective sets of arms, an intermittent drive gearing for shifting the arms and tilting frame alternately in reverse directions, means for controlling the grippers, and a connection between said gearing and one of the aforesaid connections.

T. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle carried thereby and comprising outwardly movable sets of arms, a tilting frame carried by said supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, connections between the arms and tilting frame to eti'ect their movements in unison, grippers carried by the tiltingframe, means for controlling the same, intermittent drive gearing for alternately moving the arms and tilting frame in reverse directions, and means for controlling said gearing.

8. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle carried thereby and comprising outwardly movable sets of arms, a

ment toward a common center to tilting frame carried by said supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, connections between the arms and tilting frame to effect their movements in unison, intermittent drive gearing for alternately moving the arms and tilting frame in reverse directions, means for controlling said gearing, grippers movably mounted on the tilting frame, and means for controlling said grippers.

9. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle carriedby-the frame and embodying opposite sets of outwardly swinging arms, a tilting frame carried by the supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, means for simultaneously swinging the arms and tilting the frame, gripping mechanism carried by the tilting frame, means for controlling the same, and a resilient guard arm mounted on the tilting frame .to overlie the bundles in the operation of forming a shock.

10. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle carried thereby and comprising outwardly movable sets of arms, a tilting frame mounted on the supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, means for swinging the arms and frame in unison; a support, adjustably mounted on the tilting frame, grippers :arried by said support,-'means for con trolling the grippers, and a yielding guard arm carried by the supporting frame to overlie the bundles in the cradle in the operation of forming the shock.

11. A shocker embodying a supporting frame, a cradle carried thereby and comprising outwardly movable sets of arms, a tilting frame carried by said supporting frame for movement from a horizontal toa vertical position, means for simultaneously operating the arms and tilting frame, grippers mounted on the tilting frame for simultaneous moveengage the shock on all sides, and means for controlling said grippers.

12. A shocker .embodying a supporting frame, a cradle carried thereby and. comprising outwardly mo able sets of arms, a tilting frame carried by said supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, means for simultaneously operating the arms and tilting frame, grippers mounted on thetilting frame for simultaneous movement toward a common center to engage the shock on all sides, one of said grippers having spaced portions provided with resilient detents, and means for controlling said grip ers.

13. A shocker em odying a supporting frame, a cradle carried thereby and comprising outwardly movable sets of arms, a tilting frame carried by said supporting frame for movement from a horizontal to a vertical position, means for simultaneously operating the arms and tilting frame, grippers mounted on the tilting frame for simultaneous movement toward a common center to engage the shock on all sides, toggle links 5 connected with the grippers, and means for Witnesses:

swinging said links in reverse directions to M. V STIGKLING, project and retract the grippers. RAYMOND D. PENNEY.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

EUGENE A. WHITE. 

